Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965469Ab2EOCSG (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2012 22:18:06 -0400 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:49232 "EHLO mail.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964896Ab2EOCQb (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2012 22:16:31 -0400 From: Paul Gortmaker To: , Subject: [34-longterm 039/179] brd: limit 'max_part' module param to DISK_MAX_PARTS Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 22:12:15 -0400 Message-ID: <1337048075-6132-40-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.6 In-Reply-To: <1337048075-6132-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> References: <1337048075-6132-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4022 Lines: 95 From: Namhyung Kim ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. ------------------- commit 315980c8688c4b06713c1a5fe9d64cdf8ab57a72 upstream. The 'max_part' parameter controls the number of maximum partition a brd device can have. However if a user specifies very large value it would exceed the limitation of device minor number and can cause a kernel panic (or, at least, produce invalid device nodes in some cases). On my desktop system, following command kills the kernel. On qemu, it triggers similar oops but the kernel was alive: $ sudo modprobe brd max_part=100000 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000058 IP: [] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0xae PGD 7af1067 PUD 7b19067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: CPU 0 Modules linked in: brd(+) Pid: 44, comm: insmod Tainted: G W 2.6.39-qemu+ #158 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[] [] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0xae RSP: 0018:ffff880007b15d78 EFLAGS: 00000286 RAX: ffff880007b05478 RBX: ffff880007a52760 RCX: ffff880007b15dc8 RDX: ffff880007a4f900 RSI: ffff880007b15e48 RDI: ffff880007a52760 RBP: ffff880007b15da8 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff880007b15e48 R11: ffff880007b05478 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff880007b05478 R14: 0000000000400920 R15: 0000000000000063 FS: 0000000002160880(0063) GS:ffff880007c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000058 CR3: 0000000007b1c000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 0000000000000000 DR7: 0000000000000000 Process insmod (pid: 44, threadinfo ffff880007b14000, task ffff880007acb980) Stack: ffff880007b15dc8 ffff880007b05478 ffff880007b15da8 00000000fffffffe ffff880007a52760 ffff880007b05478 ffff880007b15de8 ffffffff81143c0a 0000000000400920 ffff880007a52760 ffff880007b05478 0000000000000000 Call Trace: [] kobject_add_internal+0xdf/0x1a0 [] kobject_add_varg+0x41/0x50 [] kobject_add+0x64/0x66 [] blk_register_queue+0x5f/0xb8 [] add_disk+0xdf/0x289 [] brd_init+0xdf/0x1aa [brd] [] ? 0xffffffffa0003fff [] ? 0xffffffffa0003fff [] do_one_initcall+0x7a/0x12e [] sys_init_module+0x9c/0x1dc [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: 89 e5 41 55 41 54 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 18 48 85 ff 75 04 0f 0b eb fe 48 8b 47 18 49 c7 c4 70 1e 4d 81 48 85 c0 74 04 4c 8b 60 30 8b 44 24 58 45 31 ed 0f b6 c4 85 c0 74 0d 48 8b 43 28 48 89 RIP [] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0xae RSP CR2: 0000000000000058 ---[ end trace aebb1175ce1f6739 ]--- Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Laurent Vivier Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker --- drivers/block/brd.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c index 6081e81..9668128 100644 --- a/drivers/block/brd.c +++ b/drivers/block/brd.c @@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ static int __init brd_init(void) if (max_part > 0) part_shift = fls(max_part); + if ((1UL << part_shift) > DISK_MAX_PARTS) + return -EINVAL; + if (rd_nr > 1UL << (MINORBITS - part_shift)) return -EINVAL; -- 1.7.9.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/